"There's hope!"
At this change, Ling Yun's spirits lifted.
At once, his mental power surged out without reserve, and the golden light in his eyes blazed brightly.
Soon, a fist-sized Void Aperture slowly appeared before him.
"This thing..." Ling Yun's gaze flickered as he carefully observed the Void Aperture before him.
Judging by its shape, it somewhat resembled an upside-down trumpet bell.
Within it churned twisted, empty chaos. A Curse Thread extended from the depths of the void, though who knew where it led.
Even with Spirit Piercing Gaze activated, he could only barely see through it for a hundred meters.
Beyond that seemed to be the limit of his spirit eyes. Everything he saw was nothing but emptiness.
After hesitating slightly, Ling Yun tried extending a thread of mental power into it.
Throughout the process, Ling Yun's expression remained taut. At the slightest sign of anything wrong, he would immediately abandon that thread of mental power.
Yet the danger he had anticipated never came. His mental power was not affected in any way within it.
What was strange, however, was that when he withdrew that thread of mental power, it seemed to be slightly smaller than when it had entered.
The reduction was not significant, though, and even he was not entirely sure whether it had merely been an illusion.
"Should I keep trying?" Ling Yun stared at the Void Aperture, torn inside.
On one hand, his instincts were sounding a warning. Some kind of danger was definitely hidden within, and he could not continue exploring.
On the other hand, there was humanity's curiosity and desire to uncover the unknown.
The two thoughts battled in his mind, leaving him unable to make up his mind.
"Maybe... I should go in and take a look?"
"Even if there really is